The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-16
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His Recent Deash IN San raaS
cisco = Blow 10 Labor's j,
Cause.
|EHE TRIBUTE or HIS |S0I.
Death Of . Truly Noble Maz Whs
Deserved Well Of His
Country.
San F.Asorsoo, Aptil !.

B. G. HAsxHIL, Ese.-DHAs CohnADl:
The Daily Report send yoa By this mail
viii informsyou Of fathers death. He
passed away N the arms Of his. Avorits
Daughter, 20 quietly and " ~
she did not realize the fact,
He has been ailing for some time since
and was prepared to meet biz end. You,
Martin, Owen, Rsdstons and others Of the
#. groups, wore continually preSsnt in
his thoughts, with the kindsst fsmsm-
|brances. He entertained towards you all
nothing but the highest esteem accorded
by him to any set Of mon on earth. tho
utmost confidence and unshaksn faith in
the honesty and sincerity Of your purposes
and ultimate triumph Of the principles
|you advocate. He desired me to communi-
cate this as his last message just pEevions
to his departure to Healdsburg, whore hs I
went prepared to depart this life. be.
hieve that the last letter he ever wrote was
to Martin at Traver. II was TO tho effect
that he had about done his work in the
world, and that he left the Csus1 sp far as
he was concerned in the hands Of younger.
|men, whom he hoped would not bs dis
coursged By ostracism and persecution,
but wpuld push onward and upward
spreading the glorious light of tru uth until
humanity was lifted up out of the night Of
ignorance and sorrow to the great plain Of
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, TO rest
mot nor falter until these principles. were
established throughout>t the entire world
to seek not for power or the adulstion OF
mon but to persevere and work fof truths
own sake irrespective of fear or favor, re- /.
gardless of all cost or Consequences. The
most any man had to lose in thid world
was his life, and life could be laid down in
no better OR more glorious Cause.
He tried hard to see the colony pits be-,
fore he died. That was the Mefcs and
hopd vi his dreams, but he could not.
was not to be. He regretted that \ 5ss J
than anything else, perhaps, but Like
everything else worldly, he relinqtished It
without sigh. think he desired to be
buried there.
Though the place where he restb flls in
q measure his desires in that respect.
High upon sunny slope Of picturesque
mountain side overlooking the beautiful
valley of the Russian river surrounded by
mountains whose wooded sides aid lofty :
peaks clean cut against the clear, blue
SKY, make up picture both beautiful and =
sublime Just such one as his X cenIy ap-
preoiative mind would have loved TO dwell
on in life, drinking in light, life and love
divine in contemplation Of the grandeur
,of Gods works. His was riHe mind. Z
The artistic, the musical, the scientific,
Il one harmonized with deathiess faith
lin the truth, purity and goodne4s of hie
fellow man. He was retiring and most
modest, contented if he could illlthe place
assigned TO him, however humble hewent
upon his way rejoicing. lie new pr looked
for or expected the pleasures of the world.
We never praised hiin or knew Ills worth
until We felt his loss, which day by day
grows upon us all,
Ts always thus; man never X hows the
value of the things he possesses until they
are gone forever from his teach.
You must pardon this wandering effort.
D can do no better for / em badly shaken
up. n
Perhaps>you may not sno1 bat When
iais own strength failed nim, he supported
from his scalt means more thaH one man
ia the field agitatiGg in the Caa ie Of I5o-
|rnanity and,the principles thst o losos
Father left Green Bag ~ tho dal 81 '5S
instead q 50 as stated in the n )lort
Wa NJ \yILlrY,
Recording Secretary Federat4 I'd Trades.